Steve Jones is Professor of Genetics at University College London, a highly successful writer of popular science, and a prolific broadcaster. Making science, especially genetics and evolution, accessible to the uninitiated is his forte.
In 1996 he was awarded the Royal Society's Faraday Medal for advancing the public understanding of science. It followed the huge success of his first book The Language of Genes in which he explained with clarity a rapidly advancing area of science with huge potential implications. It's a perfect starting point for anyone seeking to understand the full significance of issues like genetic engineering, cloning and DNA.
His later works include: Darwin's Ghost, Almost Like a Whale, The Origin of Species and Y: The Descent of Men, a chronicle of the declining state of the Y chromosome.
In 1996 he was awarded the Royal Society's Faraday Medal for advancing the public understanding of science. It followed the huge success of his first book The Language of Genes in which he explained with clarity a rapidly advancing area of science with huge potential implications. It's a perfect starting point for anyone seeking to understand the full significance of issues like genetic engineering, cloning and DNA.
His later works include: Darwin's Ghost, Almost Like a Whale, The Origin of Species and Y: The Descent of Men, a chronicle of the declining state of the Y chromosome.
Born in Aberystwyth, Steve Jones studied at Edinburgh and Chicago before becoming Professor of Genetics at University College London, and head of the prestigious Galton Laboratory.
Steve's lastest book is the The Single Helix which explains the world around him through a miscellany of science.